Aeger
| Aeger Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Aeger elegans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Superfamily: | Penaeoidea |
| Family: | †Aegeridae |
| Genus: | †Aeger Münster, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Macrourites tipularius Schlotheim, 1822 | |
Aeger is a genus of fossil prawns. They first occur in the Early Triassic (Paris biota), and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous. A total of 21 species are known.